FirstGroup Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 4/6

FirstGroup has a total shareholder equity of £701.3M and total debt of £162.7M, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 23.2%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £3.5B and £2.8B respectively. FirstGroup's EBIT is £153.8M making its interest coverage ratio 2.3. It has cash and short-term investments of £436.8M.

Key information

23.2%

Debt to equity ratio

UK£162.70m

Debt

Interest coverage ratio2.3x
CashUK£436.80m
EquityUK£701.30m
Total liabilitiesUK£2.84b
Total assetsUK£3.54b

Recent financial health updates

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Shareholders Will Be Pleased With The Quality of FirstGroup's (LON:FGP) Earnings

Nov 21
Shareholders Will Be Pleased With The Quality of FirstGroup's (LON:FGP) Earnings

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Sep 12
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Is Now The Time To Look At Buying FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP)?

Aug 06
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Estimating The Fair Value Of FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP)

Jul 02
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Should You Think About Buying FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) Now?

May 26
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Is FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) Trading At A 27% Discount?

Mar 30
Is FirstGroup plc (LON:FGP) Trading At A 27% Discount?

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: FGP's short term assets (£1.3B) do not cover its short term liabilities (£1.9B).

Long Term Liabilities: FGP's short term assets (£1.3B) exceed its long term liabilities (£964.4M).


Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: FGP has more cash than its total debt.

Reducing Debt: FGP's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 111.7% to 23.2% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: FGP's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (397%).

Interest Coverage: FGP's interest payments on its debt are not well covered by EBIT (2.3x coverage).


Balance Sheet


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/20 16:37
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/17 00:00
Earnings2024/09/28
Annual Earnings2024/03/30

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FirstGroup plc is covered by 31 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Gerald KhooArbuthnot Securities Limited
David FintzenBarclays
Jack CummingsBerenberg